Monday, October 11, 2010

Neil Goldberg No Longer Employed By ESPN

Here is an updated story on former NASCAR on ESPN Sr. Producer Neil Goldberg, arrested last week in Connecticut on a number of criminal charges stemming from a Peeping Tom incident.

By John Ourand, Staff Writer for Sports Business Daily:

ESPN has let go Neil Goldberg, the Senior Producer for NASCAR who was arrested last week in Connecticut on public indecency charges, sources say. Goldberg's boss, Sr. Coordinating Producer Jill Frederickson, handled production for ESPN's NASCAR races over the weekend and plans to work this weekend's races, as well.

Goldberg has not worked at ESPN since his arrest last week, which also included charges of simple trespass, disorderly conduct and breach of peace. ESPN VP/Communications Mike Soltys would only confirm that Goldberg no longer works for ESPN.

This should close a very difficult time for the NASCAR TV team. This group travels together from February through November producing all the Nationwide Series races and the final seventeen Sprint Cup Series events.

Lord what a mess, want to hope it's all a misunderstanding but not sure how you can misunderstand that. I didn't like the way he was doing the races but I can think of easier ways to no longer be employed.

Let me second the posts of Anon 5:55, glenc1 & Sophia. People like that should be in prison for the remainder of their days. Peeping toms are sick, sick ,sick people. Mentally sick. People are sick when they peep and masturbate, absoluely f---ing sick.

ESPN did the right thing, and it is rare when they do the right thing.

Certainly a tough deal for him to lose his job, but this sort of thing cannot be swept under the rug by a company -- not even ESPN. His victim will have to deal with all of the emotions that go along with this sort of crime, too. After all, most people expect that they are safe in their homes and that no one is looking in the windows doing the wrong thing.

I also noticed that the camera work at Fontana was overall better in using the wide shots. I hope it continues -- that certainly helps being able to follow the race.

I saw a peeping tom several years ago at my apt complex before I was married and folks told me those people aren't dangerous but I still didn't like it and moved from where I was living at the time. I think this is the only thing ESPN could have done, but I feel sorry for his family.